PlainZIP

Valley Head, AL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Valley Head, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,573. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet VALLEY-HEAD-AL · Valley Head, AL 1 ZIPs · 3,573 pop · #23376/25278 · DeKalb County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $43,580
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23376/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mentone
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 83% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,573
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $94,100

Nearest income peer: Mentone, AL (+ $555 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Valley Head

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Valley Head on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Valley Head, AL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

8th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,573
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$43,580
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($43,580 average) · poverty 19.6%. The primary code (35989) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Valley Head as a pure owner town.

Within Alabama, Phil Campbell is the closest lower-income city and Paint Rock the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Valley Head.

Population concentration

Valley Head reads through its lone ZIP, 35989

3,573 ACS residents, one ZIP: 35989 is not the leading code inside Valley Head, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Valley Head

Citywide ZBP: 27 establishments, 163 employees , annual payroll $7,532k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 35989 (27 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (5) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Valley Head, AL

These ZIP codes sit in DeKalb County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Valley Head. See the DeKalb County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing DeKalb County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Valley Head, Fort Payne, Crossville and Rainsville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Rainsville marks the far end of that range at $68,056, 56% above Valley Head.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
35989 3,573 $43,580 27 23
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Valley Head roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Valley Head, .